propitiate
The motive for his patronage was the desire for expiation and propitiation.
People give to those less fortunate as a propitiation.
We had become superstitious, thinking in terms of supplications and propitiations to the ancient gods.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Making appeals & requests
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apply for something
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imploringly
importunately
importunity
invite
invocation
leech
pester
push
scrounge
ticket
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